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Hands-on Cadaver Workshop
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3rd Interventional Hands-On Cadaver Workshop
Pain Relief & Neuromodulation Procedures
Satellite Symposium of the VII Polish Pain Society Congress
Wednesday15th September 2010

Gdańsk - Poland

   
With Departments of Radiology, Human Anatomy and Forensic Medicine of the Medical University of Gdańsk
We are pleased to announce the 3rd Interventional Hands-On Cadaver Workshop.
 
 The workshop is intended for clinicians of all specialities interested in the safe practice of interventional pain medicine.
 
Participants are going to acquire and develop skills of safe practice of paraspinal interventions and peripheral nerve blocks during practical sessions on human cadavers and live models.
 
This is a satellite event of the VII Congress of the Polish Pain Society.
The Congress will take place between 15th and 19th September 2010 in the historic and beautiful city of Gdańsk.
Workshop participants are encouraged to register with the main Congress. They will have the opportunity to take part in the sessions devoted to interventional pain medicine included in its programme.
Programme
 
One day intensive
all English course
 
Short lectures at the start:
  • spinal anatomy
  • radiology
  • use of C-arm
  • US anatomy

 

7 stations

(max. 4 participants per station)

 

C-arm guided procedures:

  • nerve roots blocks
  • medial branch nerves blocks
  • transforaminal & interlaminar epidurals
  • sympathetic blocks
  • RF (radiofrequency)
  • spinal cord stimulation
  • peripheral stimulation

 

Ultrasound guided procedures:

  • peripheral nerves
  • brachial plexus
  • paraspinal injections

 

Social programme:

  • dinner with the faculty

 

The detailed programme to be confirmed

Faculty
 
Course coordinators:
 

Dr Marek Suchorzewski (Gdańsk, Pl)

 Dr Piotr W. Buczkowski (Derby, UK)

 Mr Ciaran Wazzir (London, UK)
 
Expert Instructors:
 
Dr Gabor Racz (Texas, USA)
Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk (London, UK)
Dr Joseph Azzopardi (London, UK)
Dr Piotr W. Buczkowski (Derby, UK)
Dr Andrzej Król (London, UK)
Dr Simon Tordoff (Leicester, UK)
Dr Margaret Bone (Leicester, UK)
Dr Thomas Smith (london, UK)
Dr Andrew Nicolaou (London, UK)
DrTomasz Zielinski (Warszawa, PL)
Dr Jan Rykowski (Örebro, SE)
 
Accommodation
 
The venue:
 
 
Department of Forensic Medicine
Medical University of Gdańsk
Dębowa 23, 80-204 Gdańsk
(see the map below)
 
Hotel accommodation:
 

For those who do not intend to register with the VII Congress of the Polish Pain Society and stay in the congress hotels, convenient but limited accommodation  may be provided at the Hotel Impresja.

You can check availability and book directly via the hotel website quoting "ref. konferencja FPMB".

The following prices are valid till the end of June 2010:

single room - 220 PLN

double room - 290 PLN

double lux room - 300 PLN 

Prices include breakfast and wireless internet access.

Maps & directions:
(the red circle indicates the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical University of Gdańsk, 23 Dębowa Street, Gdańsk.)